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• Adriaantje Mol, Pernis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1938)
• NIJSTAD, Zuidbarge (Emmen), Drenthe, Nederland († 1861)
• Aaltje Berkhof, Middelharnis († 1862)
• Anna Petronella Korte, Edam († 1861)
• Albertje Letema († 1944)
• Alphonsus Johannes Bergmans, Tilburg († 1868)
• Adriana Maria Horevoorts, Kaatsheuvel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1931)
• Adriaan KRIJNEN, Wouw (N.Br. Nl) († 1892)
• Albert Carl Greiner, Amsterdam († 1862)
• Aaltje Apperlo, Genemuiden (gem. Zwartewaterland) († 1920)

• Anna de Pooter (62), Steenbergen (Steenbergen en Kruisland) (Noord-Brabant)
• Aaltje Heimans van Zanten (57), Delfzijl
• Antonie Schoof (70), Schiedam,-
• Annigje van Duijn (0), Zegveld,Gemeente Woerden,Utrecht,Netherlands
• Allegonda (Gonda) van Osten (65), Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Abraham Flory (20)
• Alexander Antoon van Hugenpoth van Berenklauw, Lobith, Gelderland, Nederland
• Berendina Klein Heerdink (66), Oolde (Laren)
• Alexander Antoon baron van Hugenpoth (56), Lobith,Gemeente Rijnwaarden,Gelderland,Netherlands
• Berendina Kleijn Heerdink (66), Laren

• 1861 » Antonio de La Gándara, French painter and illustrator († 1917)
• 1863 » George Santayana, Spanish philosopher, novelist, and poet († 1952)
• 1865 » Olavo Bilac, Brazilian journalist and poet († 1918)
• 1866 » Wassily Kandinsky, Russian-French painter and theorist († 1944)
• 1867 » Amy Carmichael, Irish missionary and humanitarian († 1951)
• 1869 » Bertha Lamme Feicht, American electrical engineer († 1943)
• 1869 » Hristo Tatarchev, Bulgarian physician and activist, co-founded the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization († 1952)
• 1872 » Anton Denikin, Russian general († 1947)
• 1882 » Jack Hobbs, English cricketer and journalist († 1963)
• 1882 » Zoltán Kodály, Hungarian composer, conductor, and musicologist († 1967)

• 1805 » Saverio Cassar, Gozitan priest and rebel leader (b. 1746)
• 1809 » Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist and entomologist (b. 1755)
• 1859 » Wilhelm Grimm, German anthropologist and author (b. 1786)
• 1892 » Henry Yesler, American businessman and politician, 7th Mayor of Seattle (b. 1810)
• 1897 » Alphonse Daudet, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1840)
• 1898 » Pavel Tretyakov, Russian businessman and art collector (b. 1832)
• 1908 » American Horse, American tribal leader and educator (b. 1840)
• 1917 » Frank Gotch, American wrestler (b. 1878)
• 1921 » Camille Saint-Saëns, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1835)
• 1922 » Gabriel Narutowicz, Lithuanian–Polish engineer and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Poland (b. 1865)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Pieter
6. Willem
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Jacobus
11. Dirk
12. Adrianus
13. Arie
14. Klaas
15. Hendrikus
16. Albert

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Catharina
7. Adriana
8. Hendrika
9. Wilhelmina
10. Aaltje
11. Grietje
12. Trijntje
13. Neeltje
14. Antje
15. Elizabeth
16. Mary

• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
• From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
• The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
• February 9 » American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is elected the Provisional President of the Confederate States of America by the Confederate convention at Montgomery, Alabama.
• March 17 » The Kingdom of Italy is proclaimed.
• July 25 » American Civil War: The United States Congress passes the Crittenden–Johnson Resolution, stating that the war is being fought to preserve the Union and not to end slavery.
• October 25 » The Toronto Stock Exchange is created.
• December 4 » The 109 Electors of the several states of the Confederate States of America unanimously elect Jefferson Davis as President and Alexander H. Stephens as Vice President.
• December 10 » Forces led by Nguyễn Trung Trực, an anti-colonial guerrilla leader in southern Vietnam, sink the French lorcha L'Esperance.

The temperature on December 16, 1861 was about 5.3 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%.